Gillan: “recession plans not working”
November 11, 2009 No Comments
Unemployment in Wales continues to be a blight : Gillan
Commenting on the latest unemployment figures published today, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Cheryl Gillan MP said:
“Unemployment in Wales continues to be a blight on the economy and on the lives of workers and their families struggling to survive Labour’s recession.
“In the last year 600 jobs a week have been lost in Wales. And in the last quarter almost half of all UK jobs lost have been in Wales.
“It’s clear that Gordon Brown and Rhodri Morgan’s plans to help Wales through the recession simply have not worked.
“That’s why Labour needs to take up our plans to Get Britain Working as a matter of urgency, providing more support for young people and creating thousands more apprenticeships and training places to prevent a generation being written off because of Gordon Brown’s recession.”
Shadow Minister for the Economy David Melding AM added:
“These figures demonstrate that the short-termism of the Assembly Government’s approach has failed to reverse this damaging rise in unemployment.
“We need answers as to why despite a small fall in unemployment over the summer, we are witnessing a surge in job losses in Wales far greater than other parts of the United Kingdom.”
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